Since Amazon’s Look Inside! feature doesn’t activate until the ebook and paperback are officially out, here’s the first part of the opening scene:

From the balcony of his prison, Fulsa watched the chariots streak through the sky.

At this distance it was impossible to distinguish one from another or guess who might be winning—it was impossible to see chariots at all. Only balls of light trailing across the darkness, gliding into accidental constellations as teams pulled ahead and fell behind...